Profile: At 6’2, 240, Peralta is a big, sturdy right-hander with a plus fastball. Control has been the 23-year-old’s weakest skill, as evidenced by his career four walks per nine -- a number that jumped to 4.8/9 last season at Triple-A and can be attributed to what was an overall disappointing 2012. Following a breakout 2011 across Double- and Triple-A, Peralta looked to be on the verge of a big league role as either a reliever or starter last season, but he got off to a poor start through May and didn’t get his shot until settling down in the second half. Over his first 29 big league innings, Peralta was impressive statistically (2.48 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 23:11 K:BB) and showed a fastball that sat in the mid-90s (95.5 average mph), the kind of heavy heater with boring action that generates both swings and misses and plenty of ground balls. The stuff is good enough to be a number three starter, but the shaky control could flare up and cause enough problems to make Peralta high-risk/high-reward streamer in mixed leagues for 2013, which he should begin as a member of the Brewers five-man. (Jason Catania)

The Quick Opinion: There's risk and reward in the big right hand of Wily Peralta. Just make sure you are aware of the former when you take a shot at the latter.

Profile: In a farm system that's experienced a dearth of homegrown pitching, Wily Peralta has been a mainstay on the Brewers' top prospect lists for years. His mid-90s sinker can be absolutely devastating for opposing hitters. His transition to the big leagues, though, was rocky when he failed to miss bats and struggled mightily with his control. He was blatantly unownable in the first half, posting a 4.61 ERA with 5.56 strikeouts per nine. Things appeared to turn a corner over the summer. His slider became more effective and his strikeouts bumped up. He compiled a 7.59 K/9 strikeout rate with a 3.99 ERA in the second half, which made him a fringe option. If his improved strikeout rate carries into the 2014 season, he could be an intriguing pick-up in the late rounds. The raw stuff can be tremendous, and he appeared to have a better understanding how to use it in the later months. (JP Breen)

The Quick Opinion: The burly right-hander showed noticeable improvement down the stretch last season, fostering some hope he can be more than a low-strikeout, high-ground-ball pitcher. He'll turn 25 midseason and has a better track record of strikeouts than his season-ending numbers suggest. He's a sneaky late-round flyer.

Profile: Wily Peralta enjoyed something of a breakout season in his second full year in the Brewers’ rotation, but it wasn’t for the obvious reason. Since his average fastball sits at close to 96 mph, one would expect him to strike out more than seven batters per nine, but he did not in 2014. He still relies heavily on both a two-seam fastball and slider and generated ground balls 53.6% of the time last season, 11th-highest among qualified starters. Instead, Peralta made the jump by decreasing his walk rate from 3.6 per nine in 2013 to 2.8 per nine in 2014. That improvement cut his ERA by close to a run and his WHIP by 0.12 to a decent 1.30. At 25 years old and with 411 career innings, Peralta may not carry the sleeper potential he once did, but he has already matured into a usable streamer option in standard formats. And with Jonathan Lucroy behind the plate to frame Peralta’s pitches down in the zone, I wouldn’t give up on Peralta seeing a bump in strikeout rate just yet. (Scott Spratt)

The Quick Opinion: Peralta made a bit of a leap in 2014 by improving his command. His 7.0 strikeouts per nine still do not match his 96 mph fastball, but is a solid streamer option with some upside entering 2015.

Profile: Remember those horrible holiday themed movies that Garry Marshall made with 50 stars and no plot? The first was Valentine's Day, followed by New Year's Eve a year later. Their combined Rotten Tomatoes score is 25%! Even Paul Blart: Mall Cop got a 33%. His next movie should be about young pitchers with some promise who've yet to fully deliver -- he could call it Elements of Intrigue. Peralta has a substantial role in Elements, but he's not that star (Nathan Eovaldi, Rubby de la Rosa, and Trevor Bauer are all in talks for the lead role). Peralta has a 95 mph fastball, 51% or better ground ball rate in each of his four seasons, and a plus slider, but a career 4.02 ERA and 1.39 WHIP in 520 innings. Lefties have increasingly become a problem (OPS has jumped yearly, including a .889 figure in '15) exacerbated by the lack of a reliable changeup (career 6% usage) and continually increasing home run rates. Even if you discount the entire season for injury and cycle the odometer back to pre-2015, what are you really left with? He was tabbed as a streamer in this space last year. At this point, only news of an improved changeup or some other added pitch to tame lefties would regenerate his sleeper status. By the way, Marshall has moved onto secondary holidays with Mother's Day due in 2016 (sadly, none of that sentence is a joke). (Paul Sporer)

The Quick Opinion: Peralta gave back all of his 2014 gains and them some, as an oblique injury ate up two months in-season and then flared up again in late September and ended his season early. The case is there for an injury write-off on at least the second half of his season, but his pre-injury work was still rather uninspiring (3.90 ERA, 1.40 WHIP, 15% strikeout rate).

Profile: Peralta struggled with command like never before in 2016. The 39.7% of pitches he threw in the zone was good enough for 115th in the league out of 118 pitchers who tossed at least 120 innings. He doesn't induce many whiffs and, as has been the story throughout his career, gives up too many homers. The result belies his outstanding ground ball rate, the one truly elite skill he possesses. Peralta still throws 95 mph, but after nearly 650 innings of sub-average swinging-strike rates, it's a safe bet he'll never make good on the strikeouts that, at least on paper, he seemed destined to rack up. With his trouble locating, horrible supporting infield defense, and a home park that's 12% friendlier to homers than average, all the pieces are in place for a disastrous season. It's a combination of factors that exacerbates his weaknesses and negates his strengths. You should look elsewhere for innings. (Rylan Edwards)

The Quick Opinion: Peralta once tantalized us with sleeper potential, but he never made good on it. It's unlikely he'll start now.

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